Sham pillow



(No Model.)

- L. BUNTROGK.

SHAM PILLOW.

PatentedMar. 6, 1888.

WI TJV' .ESSES .Httarney' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS BUNTROCK, OF ALLEGHENY CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHAIVi PILLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,952, dated March 6, 1888.

Application filed Novemberl2,l886. Serial No. 218,723. (No Inodrl.)

To tZZ whom, it may cancem Be it known that I, LoUIs BUNTRocK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Allegheny City, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented, and produced a new and original Device for Sham Pillows, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

Figure 1 is a face view of my improved pillow, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

The method of construction may be briefly described as follows:

A flat sheet of pasteboard, A, is moistened and then bent over a convex form made of wood or iron until it has the desired curvature. The superfiuous material is cut out of the corners of the pasteboard, so as to admitA of bending the same to the required eonveXity. The edges are then brought together and a piece of muslin or similar substance is pasted over the corners, so as to hold and preserve the convex form. Vhile the same is still moist the pasteboard is covered over with a layer, C, of paste or glue, and then the entire surface is covered with muslin, D, or a similar material. It then undergoes a drying process and becomes stiff and rigid in this convex form. This constitutes one half of a pillow. The other half is constructed in the same manner, and after the same have become thoroughly dry the two halves are joined together at the fiat sides or edges by being sewed together, and thus the pillow is complete in form and only requires to be covered with ticking. The entire construction is substan tial and makes a durable pillow of light weight.

These pillows are intended to be used in the day-time.

I am aware of Patent No. 171,902, in which a dress-pillow is shown composed of paperstock or pasteboard and made in two parts and hinged together, each part being provided at the edges with a wooden frame, whereby the hinges and a spring-catch are applied, and so as to form when closed a receptacle in the shape of a pillow.

I am aware that it is not new to cover paper forms with muslin.

I clai'm- 1. A pillow formed in two sections having a muslin cover, and the two parts united by sewing them together at their edges, substantially as specified.

2. The method of preparing sham pillows, consisting in moistening sheets of stout paper and stretching the same over a former, then cutting the material to the desired size, then applying a layer of adhesive substance to the said sections, then covering the whole with muslin while moist, and sewing the sections ,together at their meeting edges, substantially as specified.,

LOUIS BUNTROCK. Witnesses:

LoUIs MoEsEE, C. MAZET. 

